Geno,
Thank you for your comment.
I agree, it does not look much like the Darne stock. I wished I made it into a straight wrist stock and John Dozier did add a straight trigger guard when he sent me the gun, but it needed some modifications that I wasn't ready to do.
For some reason I don't like the round knob of the Darne design. It looks to me like a goiter or something else flask and soft. Also, the older ones have quite a bit of drop at the heel...looking to me like a camel hump with a goiter...
Because of the sliding breech, the DAC had to be slightly below 1.5" and the lenght of the comb is 1" shorter than the English combs in general (10") for a LOP of 15". I followed the English proportions in general from Mike Yardley's book. I even finished the butt end with no plate, just checkered it.
I long debated the issue of estetics of the wrist/knob and this form seems to satisfy my desires the best...
